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Ministry of Education
CISS Group of Companies Aims to Revolutionize Security Standards: Mandatory Certification Programme at Rashtriya Raksha University
The CISS Academy for Skill Human Development Pvt Ltd and Rashtriya Raksha University  have signed a Memorandum of Understanding  for industry-academia collaboration in the context of economic security and physical security in the Indian private, industrial, and corporate sectors. This partnership aims to promote research, training, and capacity-building initiatives to address the emerging threats and challenges faced by the Indian economy and industry.
The Centre for Corporate and Private Security Studies, under the aegis of the School of Private, Industrial & Corporate Security Management signed the Memorandum of Association  under the visionary guidance of Professor Bimal N Patel, the Vice-Chancellor of Rashtriya Raksha University. Through this programme, the Centre will help industries in providing academic, training, research, and extension programs aligned with the current and future needs of private and corporate industrial sectors. The core focus is on skill development, capacity enhancement, and continuous learning through skilling, upskilling, and reskilling. The Centre aims to dedicate itself in developing robust, sustained connections with industry experts and stakeholders to ensure program relevance and innovation, tailored to evolving industry demands.
In the past three years, the Centre has trained 2,300+ personnel in Corporate and Industrial Security Management, command centre operations, capacity building for security executives, and hands-on training for dog handlers, this MoU comes as part of renewal for another three years. The K-9 squad is renowned for its Enforcement & Investigation Skills training.
During the event, Professor Bimal Patel, emphasized on the importance of industry-academia collaboration in terms of economic and physical security which is of utmost importance for India’s private, industrial, and corporate sectors. He reiterated that CISS Group of Companies were the first movers for mandatory CCTV certification and executive management program of their security personnels in India which would be facilitated by Rashtriya Raksha University. Other notable attendees included Shri R. N. Pimple, Chairman of CISS Group Companies; Dr. R. K. Tyagi, Director of CISS Academy for Skill Human Development Pvt. Ltd; Mr. Nimesh Dave, Director , School of Private, Industrial and Corporate Security Management; and Mr. Narendra Singh Sirola, Centre Head, Centre for Corporate and Private Security Studies.
Therefore, this collaboration paves way for developing skilled and capable workforce underlying Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision that employment is one of the most important economic and social factors, under the ‘Skill India Mission’ which is aimed at enabling employment in relevant sectors and contribute to the growth and professionalism of India’s private security sector.
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Ministry of Education
Ministry of HRD and its autonomous institutions & subordinate offices to remain closed for a period of 3 weeks
The Ministry of HRD has directed that in compliance of the order dated 24.3.2020 issued by MHA, all offices of Ministry of HRD and its autonomous institutions & subordinate offices shall remain closed for a period of 3 weeks. HOWEVER, all officers & staff shall be working from home as per the said order.
Bureau heads & Division heads will ensure that all financial matters relating to releases, particularly salaries and pensions are cleared.
The HRD ministry has also directed that CBSE, NIOS and NTA should work on revised schedule of exams. Autonomous bodies and NCERT should draft alternate academic calendars.
Prime Minister's Office
PMs video address for the Campaign on Drugs Free India
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, addressed the ‘Campaign for Drugs Free India’, organized by the Art of Living Foundation, throughvideo message. The message was played at an event at Guru Jambeshwar University at Hisar, today.
In the address, the Prime Minister complimented the efforts of Sri Sri RaviShankar and the Art of Living Foundation for their contribution towards tackling the drug menace in the country.
Terming, drugs as a great menace to society, Prime Minister said that as per WHO estimates, over three crore people around the world are suffering from drug addiction.
The Prime Minister said that it is alarming to see many youngsters getting addicted to substance abuse. “Drugs are not cool. It is a big misconception that drugs are a style statement”, PMsaid.
Shri Narendra Modi said that in addition to the healthproblems and destruction of families due to substance abuse, narcotics trade is a great threat to the safety and security of the country. He added that narcotics trade is one of the biggest sources of income for terrorists and anti-national elements, and the money sourced by these elements through drugs trade is used to destabilize the nation.
The Prime Minister urged the young generation to say ‘No to Drugs’ for a healthy life, a happy family, a better future and for the safety and security of the nation. He said that those having self-confidence and self-belief will not easily fall prey to drugs use. He also askedthe young generation to support and help those reeling from drug addiction. Only through conversations, counselling and continued love and support, we can bring those under addiction to the path of rehabilitation, PM added.
The Prime Minister highlighted the various initiatives taken by the Union Government to curb the menace of drug addiction. In this context, he mentioned about the National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction, initiated in 2018,which focuses on awareness generation, capacity building, rehabilitation and specific intervention in vulnerable areas to ensure drug demand reduction by 2023.
Students from colleges all across the country, listened to the Prime Minister’s address through video conference.
Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
Union Minister of State for Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Shri Shripad Y. Naik visits JNPT
Union Minister of State for Ports, Shipping & Waterways and Tourism Shri Shripad Y. Naik arrived at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust , one of India’s premier container handling ports today for a comprehensive Port visit. During his visit, the Minister closely observed the Port operations and was apprised about several infrastructural and technological advancements harnessed by the Port, enabling it to offer world-class services to the global maritime and EXIM community.
Upon his arrival at the Port, the Union Minister was welcomed by Chairman, JNPT Shri Sanjay Sethi, and Deputy Chairman Shri Unmesh Sharad Wagh. The Minister was accorded a guard of honor by the CISF personnel stationed at JNPT.
During his visit across the terminals at JNPT, the Minister engaged with the Port stakeholders and explored numerous tech-enabled ‘Smart Port Initiatives’ that are being undertaken to optimize terminal operations in order to further enhance the Port’s efficiency and competence. In addition, the Minister also experienced the RMQC crane simulator, used for training efficient & skilled crane operators, who are an integral and core part of the Port operations.
During a meeting earlier in the day, JNPT officials briefed the Minister on Port’s future expansion plans as well as the host of initiatives undertaken by JNPT to enhance its Ease of Doing Business, including the recently launched ‘Dwarf Container Train’ service, Coastal Berth, Green Port Initiatives, multi-product SEZ, Centralized Parking Plaza, Dry Ports, Digitization Initiatives, and the progress of Vadhavan Port and other JNPT-led multimodal infrastructure projects through a presentation.
Ministry of Defence
DRDO develops Critical Near Isothermal Forging Technology for aeroengines
Defence Research and Development Organisation  has established the near isothermal forging technology to produce all the five stages of high-pressure compressors  discs out of difficult-to-deform titanium alloy using its unique 2000 MT isothermal forge press. The technology has been developed by Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory , a premier metallurgical laboratory of DRDO at Hyderabad. This is a crucial technology for establishing self-reliance in aeroengine technology. With this development, India has joined the league of limited global engine developers to have the manufacturing capabilities of such critical aero engine components.
To meet the bulk production requirements, DMRL technology was transferred to M/s MIDHANI through a licensing agreement for technology transfer . Using the isothermal forge press facility available at DMRL, Hyderabad, bulk quantity  of HPC disc forgings pertaining to various compressor stages have been jointly  produced and successfully supplied to HAL , Bengaluru for fitment in to Adour Engine that powers the Jaguar/Hawk Aircrafts.
In India, the Adour engine is overhauled by HAL , Bengaluru under a licensed manufacturing agreement with OEM. Like in any aeroengine, the HPC Drum assembly has to be replaced after a specified number of operations or in case of damage. The annual requirements of these high value HPC discs are quite large, warranting indigenisation. HPC drum is a highly stressed sub-assembly and is also subjected to low cycle fatigue and creep at elevated temperature. The raw materials and forgings for HPC drum are required to be of the highest quality which can meet the specified combination of static and dynamic mechanical properties.
DMRL developed this forging technology by integrating various science and knowledge-based tools. The methodology adopted by DMRL is generic in nature and can be tuned to develop other similar aeroengine components. The compressor discs produced using this methodology met all the requirements stipulated by the airworthiness agencies for the desired application. Accordingly, the technology was type certified and letter of technical approval  was accorded. Based on the exhaustive component level and performance evaluation test results, HAL  and Indian Air Force cleared the components for engine fitment. Apart from DMRL and HAL , various agencies such as MIDHANI, CEMILAC and DGAQA worked in unison to establish this crucial technology.
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh has congratulated the scientists of DRDO, Industry and all other agencies involved in the development of this critical Aero Engine related technology.
Secretary Department of Defence R&D and Chairman DRDO Dr G Satheesh Reddy expressed his satisfaction on achieving this crucial milestone and congratulated the teams involved.
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Ministry of Rural Development
Ministry of Rural Development issues clarification on news published related to employment generated under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS
There have been some news items published stating that December data for first 17 days is the lowest ever in terms of employment generated under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS. It needs to be clarified that Mahatma Gandhi NREGS is a demand driven scheme & such comparison is not as per the spirit of the act.
It needs to be mentioned that during the Current financial year so far more than 261 crore person-days has been generated as per the demand by the beneficiaries. During the FY 2019-20 for the period April to November a total of more than 175 crore persondays got generated, in the same period of previous year more than 276 crore persondays got generated and in the current FY during the same period more than 255 crore persondays got generated.
The work done in a particular month is counted against the MR filled up during the month. The Scheme allows 7 days window for the entry of the data. Thus, full data of December is usually available about 10 days into the next month. Thus, a comparison based on the data for the first 17 days takes into account the persondays that have been generated during a minor fraction of the month of December. As per the provision of the Act, the data entry for the works which would get completed in the last week of the month of December 2021, will be reflected in the 2nd week of January, 2022.
It may also be mentioned that during November, 2019 a total of 16.92 crore persondays were generated, in the same month of last year over 23 crore persondays got generated and in the month of November, 2021 more than 22 crore persondays got generated.
Fund release towards wage and material is a continuous process. There has been increase of more than 18% of funds allocation for the current financial year in comparison to previous financial year as budget estimate. During the current FY so far more than Rs.74,388 crore funds have been released for the implementation of the scheme in the States/UTs.
Whenever, additional fund is required, Ministry of finance is requested to provide the funds. Recently, Ministry of Finance allocated additional funds of Rs.10,000 crore for Mahatma Gandhi NREGA as an interim measure. Further, allocation may be made upon assessment of demand during the RE stage.
Govt of India is committed to release funds for wage and material payments for proper implementation of the scheme, as per the provisions of the act and guidelines applicable for Central Government as well as State Governments.
Finance Commission
The Fifteenth Finance Commission meets representatives of Rajasthan Urban Local Bodies
The 15th Finance Commission headed by Chairman, Shri N.K. Singh alongwith its Members and senior officials today met with the representatives of the Urban Local Bodies  of Rajasthan.
The Commission was informed that:
• 16 out of 18 functions envisaged in the Twelfth Schedule of the Constitution have been devolved to ULB’s. Water Supply function is partially devolved and urban planning is yet to be devolved to PRIs.
• Rajasthan has a total of 190 ULBs, of which 149 are Municipal Boards, 34 are Municipalities and 7 are Municipal Corporations.
The 14th Finance Commission had recommended for the period 2015-20, a devolution of Rs. 3611crores to Rajasthan as Basic Grant  and a devolution of Rs. 903 crores as Performance grant .
According to Pr. AG Rajasthan, following are the issues pertaining to accounting of ULB are -
• The accountability mechanism and financial reporting of the Urban Local Bodies in the State continues to be weak. Only 68% of the ULB Accounts are certified during 2017-18.
• Parking of money & Multiplicity of Bank accounts are major areas of concern in ULBs hampering transparency & accountability. As on March 2018, Rs 1,652 cr was lying as unutilized closing balances in Municipal Funds.
• National Municipal Accounts Manual  for ULBs was introduced for all ULBs to maintain the accounts on Accrual Based Accounting System from 1 April 2010: Only 60 ULBs were maintaining the accounts on above system.
Representatives of Municipal Corporations of Municipalities of Bikaner, Jaipur, Gangapur, Sujangarh, Niwai, Sambhar, Pratapgarh, Keshavraypatan, Shahpura, Sikar were present.
The Commission noted all the concerns highlighted by the representatives of the ULBs and promised to address them in its recommendations to the Central Government.
Ministry of Education
Shri Subhas Sarkar to release Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements  2021 tomorrow
Atal Rankings of Institutions on Innovation Achievements  2021 will be virtually announced by the Minister of State for Education, Dr. Subhas Sarkar on 29th December 2021.
ARIIA is a very unique joint initiative of Ministry of Education and AICTE to systematically rank higher educational institutions in India on indicators related to Innovation, Startup and Entrepreneurship Development amongst students and faculty. ARIIA critically evaluate institutions on parameters like patent filing and granted, number of registered students and faculty startups, fund generation by incubated startups, specialised infrastructure created by institutions to promote innovation and entrepreneurship, etc.
Prof. Anil Sahasrabudhe, Chairman, AICTE, highlighted said that India is constantly improving on Global Innovation Index  ranking and has now moved upward to 46th position in 2021 from 81st in 2015. We have also emerged as world’s third largest startup hub but still we have huge scope for improvement, he added. He further said thatt AICTE firmly believes that in coming years, our technical institutes will become fountainhead of next generation technology driven start-ups if we can create a vibrant Innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem. ARIIA ranking is a major attempt in that direction.
Dr. Abhay Jere, Chief Innovation Officer of Ministry of Education said that the first edition of the ARIIA was launched in 2018 and it has given huge impetus for developing innovation ecosystem in our HEIs. He added that ARIIA-2021, has seen unprecedented participation as compared to earlier editions. This year 1438 institutions  participated as compared 674 HEIs during the 2nd edition of ARIIA  last year. This is more than double as compared to 2nd edition and approximately 4 times as compared to the first edition.
ARIIA-2021 ranks will be announced in 9 separate categories which includes Centrally funded technical institutions , State Universities, State standalone Technical colleges, Private universities, Private standalone technical colleges, non-technical government and private universities and institutions.
Ministry of Labour & Employment
Code on Social Security 2020 gives option to plantation owners to enrol its workers as member of ESIC
Welfare measures for tea plantation workers are implemented by concerned State Government in line with the provisions of the Plantation Labour Act, 1951 which mandates the tea estates to provide basic welfare services and amenities viz. housing, medical and primary education, water supply, sanitation etc. to tea plantation workers. Moreover, the workers of the tea industry are covered by all social security legislations like the Employees’ Compensation Act, 1923, the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972, the Employees’ Provident Fund & Miscellaneous Provision Act, 1952, the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965, the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961, the Payment of Wages Act, 1936, the Equal Remuneration Act , 1976, Factories Act and Industrial Employment  Act, 1946 Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, the Assam Tea Provident Fund, Pension Fund and Deposit Link Insurance Fund Scheme Act, 1955-only in Assam.
To make it more useful, unambiguous and welfare oriented, the Plantation Labour Act, 1947 has been subsumed in the labour code on Occupational, Safety, Health and Working Conditions, 2020 and Social Security Code, 2020.
The Code on Social Security 2020 envisages giving option to plantation owners to enrol its workers as member of ESIC . The ESIC provides multiple benefits like sickness benefits, maternity benefit etc. besides medical benefits to its members.
With an outlay of Rs. 967.78 crore, Tea Development & Promotion Scheme is implemented through Tea Board for the 15th Finance Commission  for holistic development of Tea industry which includes components of Plantation Development for small tea growers and Welfare of Workers .
This information was provided by Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Shri Rameswar Teli in a written reply in the Lok Sabha.
Prime Minister's Office
PM shares citizen's response to the beauty and hospitality of Jammu and Kashmir
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has shared citizen's response to the beauty and hospitality of Jammu and Kashmir highlighting the beauty of Baisaran, Aru, Kokernag, Achhbal, Gulmarg, Srinagar and Dal Lake.
Quoting a tweet by a citizen, Shri Ranjeet Kumaar, the Prime Minister also tweeted a picture from his visit to Srinagar in 2019.
Responding to the citizen's tweet, the Prime Minister tweeted;
"Excellent. I’m also tempted to share a picture from my visit to Srinagar in 2019."
Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying
National Gopal Ratna Awards -2022
Applications invited online through National Award portal
Last date for submission of applications is 15.09.2022
Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying under the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying invites applications for National Gopal Ratna Awards during 2022, online through the National Award portal i.e., https://awards.gov.in starting from 01.08.2022. The closing date for the submission of applications is 15.09.2022. The awards are to be conferred on the occasion of National Milk Day . For more details about eligibility etc., and for applying online, the websitehttps://awards.gov.in may be referred. The name of registered breeds of cattle and buffaloes are available in the Annexure.
The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying is making all efforts for the effective development of the Animal Husbandry and Dairy sector to provide sustainable livelihood to the farmers. Indigenous bovine breeds of India are robust and possess the genetic potential to play a crucial role in the national economy. The “Rashtriya Gokul Mission ”, was launched in December 2014 for the first time in the country, with a view to conserve and develops indigenous bovine breeds in a scientific manner.
Under RGM, with an objective to encourage the Milk producing farmer, individuals working in this sector, and Dairy cooperative societies who provide market access to the milk producers, this department has continued to confer National Gopal Ratna Award during 2022 in the following categories:
- Best Dairy farmer rearing indigenous cattle/buffalo breeds 
- Best Artificial Insemination Technician 
- Best Dairy Cooperative Society/ Milk producer Company/ Dairy Farmer Producer Organisation
The National Gopal Ratna Award consists of a Certificate of merit, a memento, and amount in each category as under:
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- Rs. 5,00,000/- -1st rank
- Rs. 3,00,000/-  -2nd rank and
- Rs. 2,00,000/-  -3rd rank
Prime Minister's Office
PM interacts with the members of Sikh community in Houston
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today interacted with the members of Sikh community in Houston, Texas. The members of the community accorded a warm welcome to the Prime Minister.
During the interaction, the community members thanked the Prime Minister for the path breaking decisions taken by the Government of India, for the overall development of the country and the Sikh community.
“I had an excellent interaction with the Sikh Community in Houston. I am delighted to see their passion towards India’s development!”, Prime Minister tweeted.
Ministry of Home Affairs
Issues Related to Rohingya Muslims
Illegal migrants  pose a threat to national security. There are reports about some Rohingya migrants indulging in illegal activities.
India signed the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment on 14 October 1997. However, India has not ratified the Convention. India acceded to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights  on 10.04.1979.
India has not ratified the UNCAT and therefore, the question of refoulement of Rohingya Muslims does not arise. As per provisions of Article 13 of ICCPR and the Declarations made by India at the time of its accession, even a lawful alien may be expelled in accordance with the applicable laws.
Detention and deportation of illegal migrants after nationality verification is a continuous process. The powers of the Central Government under Section 3 of The Foreigners Act, 1946 to deport illegal foreign nationals and powers under Section 5 of The Passport  Act, 1920 to remove an illegal foreigner by force have also been entrusted under Article 258 of the Constitution of India to all the State Governments. Further, under Article 239 of the Constitution of India, Administrators of all Union Territories have also been directed to discharge the functions of the Central Government relating to the aforesaid powers.
This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Nityanand Rai in a written reply to question in the Rajya Sabha today.